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The Engineering Health podcast: Making things that make things better
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Today was Global Accessibility Awareness Day. I had a great chat with Juan Olarte about his work to make digital information (websites and documents) more accessible as well as what National Park Accessibility means to him. Near the end he highlights an event he hosted to mark this important day including a keynote talk from the co-founder of GAAD, Jennison Asuncion.
Tonya and I discuss how cases are increasing rapidly and what the province needs to do. Yesterday evening (when we recorded this) the number of new cases was just over 2400 - today it is just over 3100.
Vicki shared her journey through her undergraduate and graduate studies, applying for jobs in and outside academia and how to give a good job talk. In particular, she gave some great advice on how to deal with imposter syndrome.
You can find her contact info here: https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/vicki-komisar/
Here is the products she worked on during her PhD are here: https://hartmobility.com/products/easy-range-600/ and https://hartmobility.com/products/easy-range-500/
Here is a video that demonstrates the impact one of her products is having on end users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwq4EilsXEY
This is a quick introduction to what this podcast is about.
Ahmed took the time to share advice for deciding what to do after school for undergrad and graduate students. He also describes his plans for the next phase in his life as the Founder of Hellamaid.
The Reddit article that helped Ahmed launch his business: www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/5lfy6n/4_years_ago_i_wrote_a_case_study_on_reddit_on_my
Ahmed's website with pictures and videos including his undergrad project, masters project and DEEP experience: ahmedmezil.com/portfolio
The psychology tool that helped him with important decisions (Ahmed is ENFJ): www.16personalities.com/personality-types
This was recorded over a week ago. Tonya and I talk about how worried we should be about a fourth wave.
Tonya and I discuss the record breaking COVID-19 case numbers happening now in the third wave.
Tonya and I both went back and listened to our podcast from 1 year ago (Friday March 13, 2020) and reflected on it.
Case numbers are going down but variant numbers are creeping up.
This episode was actually recorded a few months ago on November 29th when case counts were going up.
In this episode, Tonya and I discuss three pieces of good news: the Pfizer vaccine, Drs Lo and de Villa push back and Joe Biden becomes President Elect.
Tonya and I discuss the second wave and the likelihood of another lockdown in Toronto.
This episode was recorded on August 3rd. Tonya and I talk more about the plans for school reopening.
Tonya and I discuss the province's plan for September for getting kids back to school.
Tonya and I talk about the news today that two COVID-19 vaccines released findings and are showing promise
Tonya and I talk about how things are looking pretty good in Ontario right now. This episode was recorded on July 7th.
Tonya and I discuss the SickKids report on how schools should handle kids going back to school.
This episode was recorded on June 7th. Tonya and I touch on COVID stats but talk mostly about the Black Lives Matter protests and how some horrific events have gotten people around the world talking about the issue of police violence and racism and could lead to real change.
Tonight Tonya and I talk about the decision to start testing asymptomatic people in Ontario, how people in parks getting shamed.
Tonya and I talk about how we're starting to get antsy and we're ready for the lock down to be over...but we're not there yet. We also talk about how the Micheal Warner, a critical care doctor at Michael Garron hospital, thinks Ontario public health's target of completing 90% of contract tracing within 24 hours of a positive COVID test is a mediocre target. His team has started doing their own contact tracing as soon as they think they have a likely COVID case.
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